Daily Flip: Telebinocular

You run across some of the strangest things at yard sales. We visited a yard sale last weekend. It was at the end of the normal yard selling time, around 11:30am. I was getting hungry and ready to go home. But, we were almost done with our list. Since we have never actually finished our list that we started the day with, we thought it a good thing to finish for once. So, we both stuck it out and made ourselves go to the last few sales.

Turns out, that was a really good idea. We hit the jackpot there. The first item we picked up, Stacy and I both saw on the way into the sell. It was at the very front of the sale and was sitting on the floor and was half way pushed under the table. I couldn't really make out what it was at first, but it appeared to be some type of specialized equipment.

We always keep our eyes open for weird specialized equipment. Things that are relatively small, heavy and look expensive are usually a pretty sure bet in our world. This was no exception. After 20 minutes of perusing over all the other stuff at this sell and buying several items (more on this later in the week), I came back to the cool looking piece of equipment we saw on our way in.

After some closer examination the piece had a name on the side of it. It was a Keystone Telebinocular. Any idea what that is? Yes, me neither. But, it has something to do with getting your eyes checked. And apparently they are in high demand....

Here is the breakdown.

We Paid: $20
Sold for: $175
Margin: 89%